Sail fin ID?

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My rescue fish Francis (below) is obviously a sailfin but Im not sure what kind. Guy said he was a desjardini but he doesnt look like one to me, but he also doesnt really look like the pacific version either. Just curious as to which version he is! Beautiful fish.

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They can be difficult to id when young. Does he have freckles on his face? About how big is he?
 
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They can be difficult to id when young. Does he have freckles on his face? About how big is he?
About 7 inches tall and 7 inces long. Big boy! And he appears to have them sometimes but other times I look at him he doesnt have them
 

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@vetteguy53081 ?

My rescue fish Francis (below) is obviously a sailfin but Im not sure what kind. Guy said he was a desjardini but he doesnt look like one to me, but he also doesnt really look like the pacific version either. Just curious as to which version he is! Beautiful fish.

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This is standard, not desjardini
Could use brighter white light intensity to fully confirm

This is a young desjardini

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I could be wrong but I thought all the red sea specimens had a well defined purple color around the barb.
 
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This is standard, not desjardini
Could use brighter white light intensity to fully confirm

This is a young desjardini

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nothing like that one, but it does have the same coloring on the back. His colors are pale in my tank for whatever reason (maybe they dont like my lights? Cause he is super fat and healthy). Ill try to get a picture of him under the whites
 
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More pictures of him
 

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nothing like that one, but it does have the same coloring on the back. His colors are pale in my tank for whatever reason (maybe they dont like my lights? Cause he is super fat and healthy). Ill try to get a picture of him under the whites
Generally stress causes this- can be change in light, water quality or intimidation from another fish
 

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Generally stress causes this- can be change in light, water quality or intimidation from another fish
Hum he has been trying to tail strike my jeweled moray eel. Maybe he is stressed because the eel is in the tank? No one bullies him, he is the bully and establishing dominance. All my other fish are fine
 

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Hum he has been trying to tail strike my jeweled moray eel. Maybe he is stressed because the eel is in the tank? No one bullies him, he is the bully and establishing dominance. All my other fish are fine
Be it known - sailfins can be jerks. Tail scalpels are their defense mechanism and you will want to keep an eye on the tang
 
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Be it known - sailfins can be jerks. Tail scalpels are their defense mechanism and you will want to keep an eye on the tang
Yeah Im watching him. If he jeeps going after my eels he will be gone!
 
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@vetteguy53081 would a more aggressive tang keep him in line? Was considering a sohal or a clown tang as the final fish. They are just so pretty but I know they are angry AF lol
 

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@vetteguy53081 would a more aggressive tang keep him in line? Was considering a sohal or a clown tang as the final fish. They are just so pretty but I know they are angry AF lol
rarely does that change the behavior and in turn you end up with an additional problem child (fish)
 
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rarely does that change the behavior and in turn you end up with an additional problem child (fish)
Hum. Would you recommend one over the other?
 
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@vetteguy53081 is it possible he is a hybrid between the red sea and regular? His color just keeps shifting. Him this morning
 

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